Senate Document #5
Institutional Development Committee
Document #1
1985-86
The Institutional Development Committee recommends the following changes to
SD 35 (1981-82) on the University Planning Council:
1. Change the composition of the Planning Council
Proposed composition
4 Faculty from the Senate (IDC)
2 Faculty elected by the Senate from the Faculty at large
3 Administrators appointed by the Chancellor plus the University
Planning Officer
1 Non-voting ex-officio member: the University Librarian
Rationale:
The current membership of the University Planning Council
consists of 6 faculty (all voting members), 3 voting members from
the Administration, and 1 ex officio member from Institutional
Research. The proposal converts the ex officio member into a
voting member, and then, adds the University Librarian as an ex
officio member. The proposal is being made so that all 4 major
areas of the Administration can have representation:
1) Academic Affairs
2) Student Affairs
3) Financial Affairs
4) University Relations
Each of the above areas has a vice-chancellor overseeing the
respective area.
The request for this change originated with the Chancellor, and
was agreed to by the University Planning Council. The Council
feels that with adequate administrative representation it can be
more effective in evaluating the broad and diverse proposals that
it encounters. Note that the role of the IDC (which sits on the
Planning Council), insuring that proposals are brought to the
Senate if needed, will continue.
The Planning Council felt that the University Librarian is an
important resource member due to the centrality of the library in
a university, and recommends that the Librarian be an ex officio
member.
The two appoint faculty representatives are now to be elected by
the Senate to provide increased elected faculty membership without
increasing the Council membership unncessarily.
2. Clarifying to Whom the Planning Council Reports
Add to Document #35 on page 2 at the end of the section
entitled "On-Going Planning Process" the following statement:
The Faculty Senate Executive Commitee will review all Planning
Council recommendations, reporting to the Senate and forwarding
recommendations from the Planning Council for Senate action as
deemed appropriate by the Executive Committee.
Amend the sentence of this section which begins "The Council's
recommendations ..." to read as follows:
The Council's recommendations will then be forwarded to the
Executive Committee.
Rationale:
The Planning Council was conceived as an extension of the
Institutional Development Committee of the Faculty Senate which
is why all IDC members are on the Planning Council and the Second
Vice Chairman of the Faculty chairs the Planning Council. It was
always intended that Planning Council should work closely with
the Faculty Senate. The procedure outlined here has in fact been
the norm and this provision merely formalizes what has been the
practice. It is assumed here that the EC will judge for the
Faculty which matters are significant enough to require formal
Senate review.